Critics Pile On As McCain Gaffes Pile Up [Iraq/Pakistan border???]

Politico via CBS News ^ | 2008-07-22 | Jim Vande Hei & Mike Allen

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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” when he apparently meant “Afghanistan” on Monday, adding to a string of mixed-up word choices that is giving ammunition to the opposition.

Just in the past three weeks, McCain has mixed up Iraq and Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan, and even football’s Packers and Steelers.

Ironically, the errors have been concentrated in what should be his area of expertise - foreign affairs.

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McCain responded: “I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border," McCain said. The ABC posting added: “Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border. Afghanistan and Pakistan do.”

[rabscuttle385]

Thanks for the heads up. I saw this story earlier but didn’t actually read it.

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[mnehrling]

If the press showed the same scrutiny to Obama, they would need more than the 24 hour coverage they give him to cover all his gaffes.. Instead, they put a little halo over his head and bow down to the Obamessiah.

[TomGuy]

Every McCain gaffe will be added up and built upon to make a point about his age and mental state.

And the more he accumulates, the more impact they will have.

[Nevermind that we are closing in on having 60 states.]

[DuncanWaring]

Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border.

In the fullness of time, perhaps.

[Miss Didi]

Oh, puleeze...if the Drive-Bys played Little Barry's “uh, uh, uh” presser today the election would be over tomorrow.

[Dante3]

McCain is too confused and ill informed to be POTUS. One can expect an occasional gaffe. I recall the media going wild over Ford’s Poland statement - the only gaffe he made. Bush made minor ones and MSM made a big deal of them. McCain keeps on making them and nothing much happens. MSM probably fears the GOP might turn to somebody else or pressure him to resign.

[mnehrling]

[Nevermind that we are closing in on having 60 states.]

I think you are mixing up McCain's and Obama's gaffes.

[Williams]

Obama missed how many US states there are. Candidates do this stuff all the time. If I mean Afghan and I say Iraq, just what is the accusation? That I don’t really know the difference? Please.

[ElkGroveDan]

Meanwhile Obama talks about “The Bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor.”

[mewzilla]

That’s okay. Wait ‘til that eight minute tape Limbaugh culled from ObamUH’s Jordanian presser today makes its way on-line...

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"[Nevermind that we are closing in on having 60 states.]"

I trust you are counting Baja California, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Michooacan, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, and Zacatecas in McCain's column.

[mickey finn]

After listening to the Audacity of Dope stammer for minutes at a time on Rush today, McCain seems brilliant by comparison.

McCain will get my vote reluctantly, but he will get it.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: Seven and a half minutes of this.

OBAMA: -- uh, uh, uh, you know, uh, uh, uh, uhh, is...? Uh, is of -- of their work, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, we, uh, uh, I called, uh, uh, and I'm -- I'm -- Uh, with, uh, uh, as, uh, that, uh, and uh, uh, um, uh -- And we have to do this, uh, uh. As -- as well as, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. Well, uh. I, uh, uh, uh, um. We, uh, and, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. Uh, now, uh, right now and then identify if -- if, uh, you want to, uh, uh, uhhhh. Ummmm. That's -- that's a bunch. Umm, so let me tick these off. Um, it is true that, uh, uh, uh, uhhh, uh, uh. What, uh, uhhh, uh, and, uh, uh, in I-iraq, uh, uh, are seen as, uh -- and so, uh, uh, uhhh, uh, uh, and if I was -- i-if I were in his shoes, uh, uh, uhh, and so, uh, a, uh, um, uh, from some -- someplace else, uh, theeee, uh -- and, uh, t'see, uhhh, that, uhhh --



The Messi-Uh Press Conference: "Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh"

[Shermy]

Maybe McCain makes more mistakes,

but nothing can beat Obama’s “8 to 10 years” statement for a combination of error and arrogance.

[hp1025]

demo underground is spamming google in order to attach mccain with the word ‘gaffe‘ in their search engine.

d/u also acknowledges that obama’s name continues to be attached to ‘stutter’, ‘uh’ and ‘muslim’.

[mnehrling]

If I mean Afghan and I say Iraq, just what is the accusation?

I can't tell you how many times I've heard these guys in the press say Iraq when talking about Iran (and vice versa).

[mnehrling]

McCain will get my vote reluctantly, but he will get it.

Initially, I was just looking forward to voting against Obama, thus for McCain by default, but now I also am looking forward to voting against the MSM (thus McCain by default.) The way they are propping up the Obamessiah, I more and more want that unholy union to lose.

[y6162]

Iraq and Pakistan border.

Sure they do, it’s the 58th state Obambi visited.

[mnehrling]

So maybe we should offer the same option for Obama. Gaffe

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[mnehrling]

Also, we should add: Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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[Tzimisce]

The real story here is that there were reporters covering a McCain speech....

[mewzilla]

Note to ObamUH’s 300 person foreign affairs brain trust: Not much to work with there, eh?

[SE Mom]

Hah! Bingo!

[TADSLOS]

Every McCain gaffe will be added up and built upon to make a point about his age and mental state.

And the more he accumulates, the more impact they will have.

[Nevermind that we are closing in on having 60 states.]

He'll get by as long as he has a nap and gets one of these in him before show time.

[mickey finn]

If McCain wins, I will tune in to all the Barack networks and watch them cry about their fallen Messiah.

Get drunk and vote McCain!

[TomGuy]

I think you are mixing up McCain's and Obama's gaffes

No. You missed my subtly. That is why that portion was in brackets [ ].

I was indicating with 'nevermind' that 'nearing 60 states' did not make national headlines, whereas 'Iraq/Pakistan' border does.

[mnehrling]

Get drunk and vote McCain!

Then stay drunk for four years until he decides not to run for re-election and JC Watts is elected President.

[TADSLOS]

The real story here is that there was a were reporters covering a McCain speech....

Which one drew the short straw?

[TomGuy]

What do you think the ‘nevermind’ in my statement implies? Who would the press be ‘nevermind’ing?

I know it was subtle, but the brackets and ‘nevermind’ should have been enough to clue you that that part did NOT refer to McCain.

[TomGuy]

The real story here is that there were reporters covering a McCain speech....

Best observation of the day. LOL

[Maceman]

The Messi-Uh Press Conference: "Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh"

I heard this on Rush today, but although he didn't say so, I have to assume that it was a montage of "uhs" that occurred throughout the press conference all edited together into one sound byte.

Am I correct? I didn't hear the actual press conference, but I can't believe that Obama was THAT inarticulate. I was disappointed that Rush didn't say it was a montage.

If that sound byte actually all occurred in a single response to a question, then Obama is really more brain dead than I ever would have imagined.

I wish Rush would have clarified that it.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

And I was building on your subtle point by subtly suggesting that Juan McCain was garnering support in Mexico.

No need to get upset.

[Plutarch]

...and even football’s Packers and Steelers.

That gaffe was first disclosed and developed at Free Republic, a day later Jake Tapper at ABC reported the story without attribution.

[VanDeKoik]

"OBAMA: -- uh, uh, uh, you know, uh, uh, uh, uhh, is...? Uh, is of -- of their work, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, we, uh, uh, I called, uh, uh, and I'm -- I'm -- Uh, with, uh, uh, as, uh, that, uh, and uh, uh, um, uh -- And we have to do this, uh, uh. As -- as well as, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. Well, uh. I, uh, uh, uh, um. We, uh, and, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. Uh, now, uh, right now and then identify if -- if, uh, you want to, uh, uh, uhhhh."



Butthead: What a dumbass!
Bevis: Bunghole!

[hp1025]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEAO0lt4Dw

David Letterman already spoofed Obama’s Uhhh’s. He should make a top 10 Obama ‘uh’ list.

[SGCOS]

...I was disappointed that Rush didn't say it was a montage. ..

He did, ~4 times in the begining of the show, and then again at the end of the show, 4 or 5 times.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t know, today Obama said that Israel was a friend of Israel. Going out on a limb I guess.

[chessplayer]

This morning when I was thumping my bible with one hand and clingin to my shootin iron with the other (I was feeling bitter and was looking out the window for someone different than me), I was thinking the same thing.

[Miss Didi]

It was a montage from a 40-minute presser...the total of uhs and ahs being close to 8 minutes. The guy is a dunce.

[bamagirl1944]

What about Obama’s statement “Israel is a good friend to Israel” twice in one answer in his presser today?

[Miss Didi]

He’ll have a field day with today’s presser! Thanks for the link—funny! ;)

[Always Right]

What about Obama’s statement “Israel is a good friend to Israel” twice in one answer in his presser today?

Well when Obama declared he visited 57 states you could see he ran through the calculation several times and repeatedly kept saying it.

[ConservativeMind]

It’s a shame they couldn’t have done this prior to the primary, but, then, McCain was their favorite Republican liberal.

It’s unfortunate for McCain that he can’t out liberal a Marxist without looking totally stupid, because he’s lost the “middle” and the conservative voters with his asinine positions in recent years.

Lame McCain.

[rabidralph]

There’s a big difference between gaffes due to mixing words and ignorance. McCain misspeaks, Obama is clearly ignorant.

[DoughtyOne]

Obama and McCain both make these mistakes. Obama stated earlier today he was sure Israel would remain Israel’s friend no matter what, when he clearly meant the United States would.

These guys are both tired, and they goof up. It’s not big deal unless something way out of the norm happens.

CBS is taking a cheap shot here. They are trying to keep McCain off balance until Obama comes home.

Par for the course. I don’t like McCain, but it’s on matters of substance that I base that, not this childish B.S. that both men are guilty of.

[mel]

oh dear i haven’t heard that one

[weegee]

Bump for tomorrow, I don’t feel like pulling up the threads today, if someone else wants to, Bravo!!!

Dan Rather, the “most” trusted man in America until Mapesgate, confused Barack Hussein Obama and Osama bin Laden last week in an MSNBC interview. The context was Dan was saying that Jesse “It’s alright for me to use the N-word” Jackson paved the way for ‘Osama bin Laden’.

There wasn’t a peep out of the press.

Today Obama gave a press conference. Rush has aired a transcript of the conference redacted to 8+ minutes of UNIQUE instances of Barack Hussein Obama saying “Um, uh, y’know.” EIGHT MINUTES.

Someone should overdub that over the footage that the Left loved of Bush reading a book about a goat to school children after being in formed that the WTC had been attacked. Watch the countdown of Obama stumbling with NOTHING BUT ums and uhs for 8 damn minutes. Let them tell me that Obama is clean and articulate and McCain a geriatic loon.

[weegee]

Yep, that was from this week too. The Bomb that Fell On Pearl Harbor.

A sad tale really. And he GREW UP in Hawaii. He didn’t get educated until he went to Islamic studies in Indonesia...